No flowers on Clematis?

[wickedfairy]

Hi,

Have had a clematis in a deep pot for I reckon about 3 years now. No idea what type of clematis it is though but it has never flowered. There are lots of vines/leaves and it is probably about 7-8 feet up a trellis and looks nice and green, but no flowers!

I have never cut it back at all (didn't realise that I probably should have) and because I don't know what "type" it is, I am not sure what to do with it - apparently pruning depends on the type? It is deciduous for sure, but other than that....

Will it eventually flower if I leave it to it's own devices, or should I prune it back a bit? If I need to prune it - what do I do? How much do I take off, etc?

Any advice greatly appreciated :-)

If it hasn;t flowered in 3 years chuck it out and buy a new one. It's a dud, or it's not a clematis!

Some plants can get into a "habit" of not flowering. If it belonged to me, I would wait until Aumtumn and then hack it back to almost ground level (just leave three or four stems coming off it at the bottom, but they should be hacked right back too). Might also take the oppotunity to put some fresh compost in the pot.

Could you try replanting it in the ground and see if it flowers then? I had a honeysuckle in a pot that would not flower and was an all-round sad specimen. I replanted it against the fence just to give it one last chance really, and it's now spreading over three fence panels and covered in flowers! Depends on how desperate you are to keep it/whether you've got the space really.

casabevron - am loving your nickname

has brought back memories from the golden days of Brookie